City pub goes carbon neutral

PUBS and clubs in the Capital have been smoke-free since 2006 but one city centre hostelry is going the extra mile by bidding to become 100 per cent carbon neutral.

By The Newsroom

Published 16th Jun 2010, 11:01 BST

Updated 16th Jun 2010, 12:16 BST

Owner of The Mercat Bar and Restaurant Graham Blaikie has arranged to have 16 trees planted in a Perthshire woodland to cancel out his premises' carbon footprint.

He said: "I'll be doing this every year."

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